John Wilfred Leitch

Able Seaman

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John and Sarah Leitch (nee McGrath), of Newtown, Wellington.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

One of five New Zealanders aboard the British ship, SS Anking, on British Admiralty service , left Batavia (Jakarta) on February 27^th 1942 for Fremantle. On March 3, she was intercepted by Japanese cruisers and sunk by gunfire about 200 miles east of Christmas Island. 16 Survivors were picked up 4 days later

[Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters as Sea during the Age of Steam]

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Casualty

Service Number:

3021

Name:

John Wilfred Leitch

Rank:

Able Seaman

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy, SS Anking

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

04 March 1942

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 2.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand